Some offices to be contested in coming elections

The city of Grand Coulee will hold a primary election in August to pick two of the three candidates who filed to run for mayor, which does not include the current one.

Chuck Crowe, of Partello Park; Kimberly Christiansen, of Roosevelt Drive; and Mike Eylar, of Spokane Way, have filed to run for the mayor’s office, currently occupied by Mayor Paul Townsend.

The primary election is set for Aug. 1.

In Electric City, two council positions have picked up challengers to incumbents.

Councilmember Brian Buche, in Council Position 3, will run against Thomas Levi Johnson to keep his seat. For Council Position 5, incumbent Cheryl Hoffman will face challenger Blake Martin, a Grand Coulee police officer whose department just lost the contract this year for providing police services to Electric City.

No one currently holding a commissioner seat at the Coulee Area Park and Recreation District filed to keep it. All five positions were up for election.

Likewise, no one filed to keep three town council seats in Nespelem, or for one of two in Elmer City up for election this year.

A special three-day filing period has been set for June 5-7. Candidates still wanting to file can go into their county Auditor’s Office to file or go online to file on those dates.